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JOHN CLARKE'S CASEBOOK

Citizen's Burden

THE

HE week before I saw him come into the dock at Bow Street as one of the remanded cases, Charles, at dapper, chunky, grey-haired man of 53, had appeared on a charge of being in unlaw. ful possession of a large tin) of toffees "reasonably sus pected of having been stolen."

Police hall stopped him as he walked towards his hone from work, carrying the tin, and had asked him where he had bought then. He had answered:

¿

him, I don't think you would consider him the type to suspect of this kind of thing-not that 'm complaining About the police stopping him.

*INQUIRE FIRST

BUT this wasn't a case of a man buying something at a Price outrageously low in relation

CHINA MAIL

Established: 1845

FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1958.

Kremlin SIDE GLANCES

Sacks Beria

(Continued from Page 1)

member to be "out of town" at the time of the May Day parado was almost unheard of.

In the reorganised and stream- lined Party Preafdian announced directly after Stolln died and Malenkov became Prime Minis

there were 10 full members 'and four alternate (sometimes called "candidate") members.

to its value. It's a long time since I bought sweets, but I suppose 6d. A quarter would seem in order,ter, and this was a big tin, which he bought for only In, Bd. under 11s proper value.

that

NAMES MISSING

The names of two of the four "allernates" appointed at that

"As a result of doing that, he has been subjected to werk at a petrol pump; I bought indignity of being charged ret them from a lorry-driver for 10 and then having the police anime were also missing from the thoir Inquiries afterwards. I sub- mako their “Oh, you did, did you?" siid mit they should

bob,"

some

list of those attending the opera, One was Leonid G. Melnikov, who recently was fired from his the position as party boss in the

Ukraine.

the police, unbelievingly. "Sup-inquiries first and charged after-

tell us the wards. pose you couldn't name of the lorry-driver?”

"I'm afrald 1 can't, as ร matter of fact," said Charles.

IT WAS TRUE

THAT was enough. Chatte was arrested, taken to the pelice station

charged When the case came up on the following morning he was re-

manded.

Now, after the remand, a police officer went into the witnez-box tid uld to Sir Laurence Dune: "This is a vase we are respectfully asking should be withdrawn."

In the well of the

court, Charles's solicitor rese and out lined the

story of Charles's arrest.

"Very fortunately," he said, "during the period of the re mand, it has been, possible to trace the lony driver who, in fact, sold the toffees

to my ellent as he said.

think be should have

for recompense indignity to which he has been submitted."

UNFORTUNATE

NOW, Charles did permit hlin-

self the faintest look of in- ured lanocence, but he seemed too good-natured a man to bear malice or be easily offended.

Sir Laurence looked up from His notes.

"I think your ellent was un- But it is fortunate," he said. dimeult for the police to antic!- pate, in this kind of case, that any inquiries can be made that will yield anything. I think the police neted properly."

Sir Laurence smiled sympa- thelically towards

dock. the I'm afraid this is one of the burdens of citizenship," he said, "I shall not award you costs.”

Chanlos bowed and went out looking slightly mystified, as it it would hardly surprise him to hear that any little misfortune, like being rum over by a bus or slipping on a Banana skin, was in essence no more than a burden of citizenship, like paying rates,

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the

GOOD CHARACTER THE driver worked for the toffee Orm and they have a system there by which the lorries пре loaded at The beginning of the week, and the drivers account for their load, at the end. This driver, wanting some really eash, sold the toffees -to my ellent, intending to settle

up later. When he heard the The Government Gazette an- police were malding Inquiries, nounted this morning that the ho owned up to his managing- | following have been re director."

appointed members of the Bri- During all this, Charles sat in fish Universities Selection Cam- the dock looking contemplative mittee for the ensuing year: but resisting the temptation, the Hon. S.N. Chau, Mr W. N. T. witch must have been strong, to Tam, Mr D. C. Barty, Mrs. M. representing the Hon.

|

The other absentee was M.D. Bagirov, a Party official from Soviet Azerbaijan, about whom little has been heard of since March,

a

Mr Malyshev, the only non- member of the Presidium listed as present at the theatre, in technical and industrial special- ist. He WDS

Vice-Premier under Stalin and at present is Minister of Transport and Heavy Engineering Industry,

Stalin's funeral, three orations

delivered by Messrs Matenkov, Beria and Molotov.

Mir

Berin

and Mr Molotov are both senior Vice Premiers, but the official Fist puts Mr. Berta number two and My Molotov three

were

Mr Beria, who became chief of the Soviet Secret Police and of security as far back as 1039, was appoluted Minister of In- ternal Affairs in the reorganised administration on Stalin's death.

THIRD IN LINE

Lavrentl Pavlovich Berla formed, with Vyacheslav Molo. toy and Georgi Malenkov, the triumvirate closest to Marshai Stalin at the top

of the Soviet hierarchy,

speculations abroad on. high in the Identity of Stalin's "Crown

Prince

In Soviet Russia, from 1947 onwards, he was reckoned third

in the line of succession after Molotov and Malenkov.

5:20 Sullerth

By Galbraith

"You must be getting old, George-when you were their rge you used to broak your arm every summer climbing that tree!"

Distinguished Service In

Korea

Ambulance Unit On The Way Home

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LETTERS TO

THE EDITOR

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Prison Terms For Highway Robbers

Three men who had been “living a life of high- way robbery and terrorising of the most dangerous, kind imaginable” were sentenced to long prison terms by Mr. Justice Reece at Criminal Sessions this morning.

They were Chau Sze Cheung, aged 25, found guilty. by a jury of four men and three women on three counts of robbery with aggravation, who was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment: Yeung Shing, 34, with a previous record involving larcény and assault, who pleaded guilty to assault with intent to rob and was given six years and 24 strokes; and Yeung Yuen, 82, previously banished three times for loitering with intent, who pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of an automatic pistol, seven rounds of ammunition and two magazines and was sentenced to six years' imprisonment and 24 strokes.

ALEX ROSS

REPORT

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Another member of their gang, Hul Shek-yuen, sentenced to death last week for shooting at a policeman.

Chu Yuk-mul,

28, wite of Chau Sre-cheung, who was tried with him, charged with ceiving a brooch which she knew to be stolen property, was

IS DENIED bound over for three years.

TC-

The sentences followed the trial

of Chau Sze-cheung and Mr J. K. Ross this morn Chu Yult-mul, which ended this moming. Mr G. R. Sneath, Ing strongly denied a story Crown Counsel, prosecuted, but

in today's the two accused were unrepre which appeared Hongkong Standard ştating sented. that Alex Ross and Co. Chau was found guilty of (China) Ltd, were "virtual robbing (together with another Rent Increases

peraon) Tsui Chok-ling and his ly closing down at the end dancee, Lau Sau-wan, of a wrist Sir-In view of strong op-

because walch, $20, and a ring on October position to the proposed Rent of this month,"

throughout the Colony, "they have lost their main-25, 1052; of robbing (with an- would not be out of place to stay agency--that of Austin Tang Wai and his girl friend. Ho other person not in custody), çal | motors.”

Chung-lim of two watches, gold Anger ring, and a

#necklace Mr Ross said that it was on November 22, 1052; truc there has been a transfer

robbing, together with

ith another of the Austin motors agency person not in custody) Wong and Service Department, but Wing-sin and his girl friend Llu to Slu-ying, of a wrist watch, 3100, suggest that Alex Ros and ring and а gold brooch on Company would, as a result, January 4 this year. The brooch stolen on January was the subject of the charge against Chu Yuk-mui,

be closing down.

suggest a solution to this critical problem, and that is that the Government lowers its Rates, Опа hundred and seventy Crown Land taxes, and Property officers, and men of the 60th Taxes, Instead of enforcing the Indian Field Ambulence, IAMC,Rent Bill. From this the poor headed by Major S. K. Chateril, Inndlords will gain something, it was completely untrue and often loomed

Omeer Commanding, arrived witho

ulthough not much. (Every- here this morning in the ss body knows well that the gov Eastern Queen from Pusan after ernment makes net profit of two and a half years of dis-hundred millions of dollars an-

uished service with the nually). United Nations forces in Korea.

At the same time, the au- They are on route home.

thorities should take immediate A local reception committee, step to put a stop to the pro- which included Mr P.R.S.teering act conducted by un- Mani, Indian Commissioner Inscrupulous tenants or botter Hongkong, Colonel

M.A.

Rea, say. blood-absorbing tenants adopt an expression of "I told Aissioner of Labour, the leader, was burled in Moscow's

RAMC, Assistant Director of Medient Service, and Major K. #1 feel !

ought to make an Registrar of the Hongkong Red Square in the summer, of application

C. Harvey, Army Public Rela of the University, the Representative 1948, his coffin was borne by tians Omeer, greeted the group on behalf

his sollaltor of the British Council in Hong-Stalin and Molotov in front and defendant, sir."

Col Rea, in a few on arrival. went on. He is a man of ex-kong, and Mr D. McLennan by Malenkov_and_Beria_at_the words, welcomed-the-

-troops, cellent character. If you look at (Secretary),

Besides Major Chaterji, the The Soviet press maintained

other commissioned officers in the some order, too, when it

the group were Captain A listed high personalities who

Banerji, Captain J.

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This was the order in which the portrails of Soviet leaders were arranged on the Soviel High days and holidays. When Andrei A. Zdhanov, the Politburo

rear.

attended a Soviet Air Forze dis-jutant D. B. S, Chauhan Ad-

Nay in Moscow in 1951. On many occasions. it described

other

Beria as "Stalin's closest com panion in arms."

LANDLOÏD-TO-BE.

Official

ต

Sentencing Chou, His Lord- ship commented that with gangs such as the one he belonged to at liberty "it would appear that

Equally untrue, he sald, was the Hongkong Standard stale ment that European ́employees of Alex Ross have received notices terminating their engagement." No such action has been taken, he declared. no respectable member of the

Alex Ross and Company hold community can walic or even

number considerable

of drive in a car without being in that of considerable danger." His wife, he added, was "not of the same ik" and deserveti second

agencies

-apart from Austin motors.

chance to moko.good.

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Appointments DECLARED A Man Weeps

BANKRUPT

An

In Court

Weeping bitterly after being labour at Central by Mr Hin shing Lo today for larceny by servant, Cheung Chun-hol, 35, office assistant, was taken from court into the cells below low with his hands still raised in brother-in-law.

the

His Excellency the Governor Jema- dar Goal Shetty, Jemolar R. L.

has appointed Mr A. Piltendrigh, Assistant Chana.

Superintendent of Pollec, to be Aide-de-Camp, vicc The unit, the men of which Mr A. G. Colborne, announced

application by Mr M. Berla's main claim to fame represented every province of the Government Gazette today. Morley-John for the Official

had served in Korca

Other was that he headed the Soviet India.

appointments isled Receiver, that Tam Sing, trad. political force and internal longer

than any other United were: Mr J. F. Ferrier to being as the Sam Yang Knitting sentenced to ten months' hard

During its security organisation for eight Nations unit.

31 Assistant Superintendent

of Factory of 15 Poplar Street, be years, a far longer period than moms of service the unit had Police; Mr L. G. Crowe to be adjudged bankrupt was granted

suffered Iwo deaths and Estate any of his predecessors, and was

on by the Chief Justice, Sir Gerard Surveyor, P.W.D., believed to have retained control several casualties.

probation; Mr D. N. E. Rea to Howe in the Bankruptcy Court HIGH DECORATIONS be Crown Counsel on probation; this moming. over all internal security after

AL the

somne time four Mr J. E. Richardson to act as

Mr Moricy-John said that connection with it,

high decorations (two Mahabir and Surveys; Mr R. C. Clarke debtor was not in the Colony. Cajkra and three Bir Cajkra} {to

Defendant was alleged to have net as Assistant

The exact date of his departure Super-

was not known, but he was not stolen $10,000 from the Johnston Indian government, intendent of Crown Lands and Western students of Russia several unit citations from the Surveys; Mr M. E. Purvis to act pace was made and the petition brother-in-law, Raymond Lee, when the receiving Trading Co. on May 15, His were mostly agreed that in the American and Korean Armies, as: Chief Health Inspector. Politburo which, after October and eight commendations from

was served by means of sub-the manager of the company. 1032, became the Presidium of the Commonwealth

To be Nursing Sisters: Miss stituted service, Yesterday the noted the Police and on July Division A, B. Laurenson; Miss E. Milleot; Assistant Registrar, Bankruptcy,

defendant was the Communist Party, Molotov Conmander.

arrested. W. Chan: E. Fong: residence

Cheung admitted the controlled foreign affairs and the

Major Chaterji, who. in Miss V., Lu, Miss P, Woo visited the debtor's were that the party machine and Berin in- who was a practising medical. Antonio; Mrs A. M. D. he was still. government machine, Malenkov married with

absent from the

Warning To Swimmers

An Urban. Council spokesman revealed this morning that reports had] been received, "that two large unidentified fish, which may have been sharks, were recently The ecen in West Bay. public are, therefore, ad- vised to keep well inshore while bathing on the south side of the island.

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North Borneo, Australia, New Zea- land. & D... ..A.

Siam, India, Pakistan,

Great Britain and Europe, & p.m. 3.0.A.C. By Justice Macao, 9 a.m., 6 pim, si Lee Hong/ Tak Shing.

"EATURDAY, JULY 11

By Ar Philippines, Guam, Hawail. U.S.A.. and Canada. E a.m., via P.A.L, India, Malaya, 0 a.m., C.P.A. Howal, U.S.A., 6 p.m., P.A.A. FOTO, Okinawa, U,B.A. (Bestilo and Western States), Canada, 6 pm H.K.A./N.W.A.L.

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By Burface Macao, 1.30 pm, 0 pm, x Loo Hong/Tak Ghing.

China, People's Republic, 0.30 am, 1 pm.. train via Canton.

Korea, Noon, as El Arenos, Japan, Noon, as Strunt Makassar, Indo-China, 9 a.m., œ Elabath. Formosa, 1 p.m. ni Shengking, Malaya, India, à pm, si Eastern Queen

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SUNDAY, JULY 12.

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AMENDING

DEFECTS

In exercise of the powers con- ferred on him by. the Emergency. Regulations Ordinance, H.E, the Governor: In Council has mado certain new regulations in order to amend and modify the pro-

of the Importation

and Exportation Ordinance (Chapt 50), announced the Government Gazette today,

visions

the

Their object is to amend cer fair defects which have been the operation of discovered in the Ordinance, and to make more effective measures to com- hat the ingenuity of persons who

attempt to evado

the restrictions imposed on the im port and export tratie in tho

he had no longer any obvious officers and one men won five Superintendent of Crown Lands according to his information the | supplication to complainant, his Colony.

HIS JOB

from the

three sons

and Mirs

present order

Colony.

Radio Hongkong

porty od in two groups, the larger one mandant of the Royal Hongkong / Presented by Bally Ann (Studio);

NO MORE AID

on

alded the Police its recovering

It was pointed out, however, that the new regulations do not Introduce new restrictions on the trade of Hongkong..

Debt Repayment By Instalment

two taels of gold and

$550. Но said that he had taken tie money because of an invalid

Judgment in the sum of $1.000 mother and wife and three

was awarded by Mr Justice children. Threw thousand of the A. D. Scholes, Acting Pulsno money had been remitted to this morning to Attar Singh, of Judge, at the Supreme Court Shanghal where his family -Is now staying.

Motor Cycle, Car Collide

A Police Constable riding a Concert Orch. Royal Enfield motorcycle collid-

17 Morrison Hill Road, ground floor, who brought an action against Kenny Slu, trading as the Wing Yue Hop Kee firm, of Tonnochy Road

The $1,000 was borrowed by defendant from the plaintiff on promissory. nole dated August 21 last year,

A

Blu, who consented to judg- ment, was ordered to pay back the money by instalments of $25 per month.

Both person

parties appeared in

fernal security. All three were doctor in Calcutta before joining To be Education Officers: Mr Vice-Premiers, Molotov being the Indian Army, said that the K. Cheung: Mr K. B. Choy: the senior

unit, under the overall command Mr S. Y. LI; Mr C. K. Lin; Már Suggestions that Beria was of Lt-Col M. B. K. Nair, MC, K. W. Tom; Mr H. K. Yung. also Russia's atomie chief pp-first landed in

It was nico announced that ILKT. peared in the Western press bu-ber 20, 1952. Pusun on Novem-

Lt-Col. C.P. Vaughan hea 6, Time Signal and Programme were nover confirmed by The unit, he continued, work-assumed the duties of Com-

Summary: 6.0, Children's Hall Hour

Defendant promised to make Moscow. They arose

in London by Howand up the difference to his relative, from the fact that, as controller with the Commonwealth

troops Defence Force during tho Jones. *Jennifer at Lloyd and pleaded with him to forgive of security, Beria bad at his in the front and the rear one absence of Col. L.T. Ride.

(BBCTB): 0.30. Come into the Par him. disposal a large convict labour with the Korean civilians.

jour-Music and He

songs from force which was assumed to be won in command

(BBCTS); Northern Irelang of the rear used to carry out the Soviet group.

Test Commentary

Star Performer-Tony Martin; 7,18, Taking about Hong Kong by Dr 5.0, atomic programme-Reuler.. There were three dispensaries

Followers of Test Cricket Davis and the Bev Father T. established in the rear and so should note that the relay from

#yan litecorded); 730, Songs from the Show (BACTS); With Edrie far the rear unit had performed Radio Australla originally pro- Connor, Wynne Ajello, Eve Becke, 2,000 major and minor opera rammed over Radio Hong-felen Clare, Jack. Cooper, Billy tions on Korean civilians who kong for 10 o'clock each night Presented by

Torment and his

John Walt; 7.82. came to the dispensaries secking (tonight, tomorrow night, and Weather Report: 8. Time Bignaled with a black Austin saloon,

News and the Monday and

Tuesday nights) World

NewsTalk No HK1641, driven by a Chinesa London Relay): 8.1, Cricket id male learner near the junction of has been altered to 10.15 pm.

Test Match England v. “Australia, Ball by Bail commentary from Old Castle Road and Robinson Road fford, Manchester fielay mom shortly before 9 a.m. today.

Commis don150, "Under the Red Robe Th

The Constable was slightly

Total Eclipse by Stanley Wegman. NOAA injured in the collision, and was Lover TourClassic fiequests taken to Queen Mary Hospital Of The Moon

for treatment. presented by Curtis

Hindgan driver was not hurt red when eclipse of the moan wil he

The learner (Studio): 10, Cricket Third Test

Weather permitting, a total Match-England v Australis, Bal

The accident byBall commentary from

occurred old

the motorcycle, No. 305, rounded visible in Hongkong on Trafford, Manchester (Relay. from naming-Wen Logrondby CU Austin which was being driven Australian Broadcasting Commis a bend after passing the Jewish evening of July 20. At 0.01 pm, Jon); 10.10 Mar and the Bolla Bynagogue and crashed into the Hongkong Summer Time Rensburg (BCTB) 100, Tiecord

ially eclipsed moon wil round bout: 10.50, Weather Report; in the opposite direction, aft

The eclipes will be cont 11. Radic News - Rec) (London

pleto by 0.30 pan. and will inak CricketThird Ter

· Relay); 11.35, Match-Fogland, Y.; Australar,

for: 1 hour. 41 minutes. - The from Old

shadow of the earth on the Australian ffroadonating. Commi

'moon's surface along God gave The Queen; 11.45,

will Iber gradually become miller' and Clown Downs.

disappear, at; 11.00 pin.

(Continued from Page 1) derived from the sale of its oll and oil products if a reasonable agreement were reached with

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day, AIRBORNE LANDING Major Chaterji said that

surgical team took part in the the doctors and nurses as well

regard to compensation whereby airborne landing at the Mungan as high-ranking American off the large-scale markeling of operation in 1951 and parachut-cials came to see them off. "We Iranian oil would be resumed,

ed 20

earth with American have left a lot of friends, not "Similarly many American troops and set up field hospitals, only in the army but among the citizens would be deeply opposed The unit's main base was at civilians as well, behind," he to purchase by the United States Taegu,

concluded. Government of Iranian Dil in

Major Chaterji said that thei the absence of an oil settle unit, had established friendly morrow when they will be the

The unit will visit Talpo to relations with all other Cons guests of 20 Field Dressing Mr Eisenhower added: "I am monwealth forces, the United Station for a curry Liffin, and merely trying to explain why, States and the Korean arinick in the evening they will be ens

"Wo were just like a in the present circumstances, the

good Government of the United States, family," he added. When this trained by the local Indian Printed and pubilahed by WILLIAM ALICK GRINHASE for is not presently in a position to group left, he said, the Korean Association at the Indian Tennis and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 14 | "extend moro ald to fran or to governor of Taogu, province, the They will sail in the Eastern Wyndham Street, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong. I purchase. Iranian oll."--Router. mayor of the elty and rust, of | Queen for Calcutta on Sunday.

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